Don’t Tell’em You’re Cold: a Memoir of Poverty and Resilience is an uplifting story of survival from abject poverty, set in the hills and coal camps of southern West Virginia. Katherine Manley and her family faced extreme challenges and struggles with ingenuity and traditional Appalachian stoicism. Beyond the poverty, other obstacles compounded Katherine’s life: a severely disabled father, and a mother who struggled with the day-to-day survival. On a cool October morning, she left in a taxi and never returned, leaving 14-year-old Katherine to take care of her father and raise her siblings in her mother’s stead. Katherine went on to become an award-winning teacher, paying forward her hard-learned lessons to thousands of lucky students. This is a story of triumph that encourages everyone to never give up.
Product details
Publisher : Independently published (Sept. 16 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 245 pages
ISBN-10 : 1687572313
ISBN-13 : 978-1687572318
Item weight : 367 g
Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.57 x 22.86 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #633,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#23,950 in Memoirs (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.8
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